Neuville Wins Massive Three-Way Pot Against Jorgensen and Egues
For the second hand in a row Theo Jorgensen opened the pot with a raise, this time for 32,000 from middle position. He received a call from both Pierre Neuville in the hijack and Cristian Egues out of the big blind.
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and prompted three checks, before the
was turned. Now Egues led for 60,000, Jorgensen quickly called and Neuville did as well.
The river was the
, and now the action was checked to Neuville, who bet out 140,000. Egues took quite some time before calling, and back on Jorgensen he decided to raise it up to a cool half million.
After a minute or two Neuville declared call, and Egues quickly got out of the way to let the two "old timers" decide it by showdown.
Jorgensen: ![]()
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Neuvilles trips was good enough to secure the biggest pot of the tournament so far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,520,000
820,000
|
820,000 |
|
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1,375,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
|
|
1,075,000
735,000
|
735,000 |
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